I have read Jigokuraku manga right before Mappa announced that they will adapt it into anime. I was so happy since they did a good job with plenty of manga before. I was thinking "oh this one gonna be lit as hell" and I can't stop put a high expectation on them. Even when I watched the opening, I came to realize maybe Jigokuraku has find a good studio.

One and two of the early episodes, honestly, I liked it very much and didn't see anything wrong about it. It's quite enjoyable and I can tolerate some animation bug. But then I could feel that they ran into some problems about the deadline date (?) and how they couldn't maintain a neat animation. I never dropped this anime, never, since I really love Jigokuraku and I wanna see how they will improve in the coming weeks. Luckily, in the last two episode, they actually improved a lot and the last fight scene was soooo amazing.

Personally, I am quite disappointed in those terms of production, but there are lot of good things I could find in this season.

The character design is exquisite especially for Lord Tensen and of course the one and only Yuzuriha of Keishu, she is so beautiful like ... geez come on, she's such a goddess, isn't she? They did a good job on her so thank you very much.

I love how they add Tenza and Shion story background from light novel to bulid a good emotion for Tenza's pride to protect his teacher and Nurugai. Since we only know Tenza for 2 episodes before uh... yeah, I think that was fair from Mappa to highlight his life and his interaction with Shion. I can't argue with it and absolutely love that genius idea.

Then I wanna appreciate a very good voice acting from Sagiri since she represents "neither intensity nor tranquility". Sagiri voice sounds like ... soft and commanding (?) to me, and it was so beautiful. Tensen switch voicing also very interesting and I love the way they put a creepy voice from Suwabe-san which has given a pretty badass villain vibes of the series.

But again, as a manga reader, sadly I didn't have the same vibes when I watched the anime adaptation. Some scenes felt like they made it in short deadline, even funny punchlines from Shion sounds cringe even though it made me laugh when I read the manga. I don't know what happened (maybe because the directing?) but at least for anime onlies it will be enjoyable to watch.

I recommend to watch the anime first, then you can read the manga for better experience. Yeah, maybe they could have done better with this first season, but it is what it is. Still kudos to Mappa and thank you for the hard work, and hopefully they will improve in the next season. As a Jigokuraku fan, of course I am still looking forward for the second season :")